Domitrovic presented the 12-month budget report.The Society's CD went into a money market account.She asked for input from the board regarding a new 9-month CD into which
she wanted to put $6,000.

Kampf said he would print out the German request for
assistance prior to the general meeting.

Open curator/collection manager positions were discussed:Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Colorado School of Mines, and
Calif.StateMining
& MineralMuseum.

DeMouthe suggested that the SMMP case for next year's Tucson show be "other
classic U.S.
localities", to pick up some of the places not involved in the theme cases.The theme for the 2007 Denver show is the
Leadville mining district, so she proposed an SMMP case of "lead minerals."

Lueth discussed the proposed series of Best Practices
documents.Penny Williamson proposed one
on traveling with minerals.

Terry Huizing
reported on SMMP Europe and its meeting at the Munich show.

The 6th International Conference on Mineralogy and Museums
(M&M6) will be held in 2008 in
Golden, at the School of Mines.Jim Hurlbut will speak to this at the general meeting.Paul Bartos will be gone from CSM by then, and his replacement will run
that meeting.

George Harlow asked to speak about the Academy of Natural
Sciences -
Philadelphia (ANSP) collection
at the general meeting.

Board terms expiring this year:Jean DeMouthe, Tony Kampf and
Paul Bartos. In addition, Peggy Ronning resigned with
one year remaining on her term.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:47.

GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING

Meeting called to order at 3:04 pm by president Lueth.

Lueth welcomed members and guests, made introductions of
the Board.Introductions were made around
the room.He called for a vote on the Denver minutes, which was
moved, seconded, and unanimously approved without corrections.

There were forty-one (41) people present, representing
thirty-one (31) different institutions in seven countries.

Domitrovic gave the treasurer's report.The long-term accounts continue to improve,
since interest rates have been going up a little.Domitrovic asked for dues, and presented a printed membership list for people to
check for errors.

The 225-year-old Mineralogical
Collections of the Technological University
Berlin are in
jeopardy. The university has proposed giving up all of its geoscience
collections. SMMP members and other colleagues are asked for letters of support.
Lueth said he would compose a letter from SMMP as a whole, but encouraged
individuals to write also.

Staff openings in mineralogy exist at the Natural History
Museum of Los Angeles County, California Mining & Mineral Museum (Calif. State Parks), Colorado School
of Mines, Denver Museum of Nat. History, and HarvardUniversity.It is uncertain whether all of these positions will be filled.

DeMouthe reported that the SMMP case in the main show,
"Unusual Opals from Unusual Places," was getting good reviews.The proposed topic for the SMMP case in the 2007 Denver show is "Lead minerals" which will be
in keeping with theLeadville, Colorado show theme.

Lueth introduced Tony Kampf
as the webmaster, and said that the list-server is available to all SMMP
members.He reported that the first "best
practices" document, on sampling, will be posted on the web.He requested topics and said that this will be an ongoing series, needing
volunteers from the membership to write them.Williamson promised to have a draft of the first best practices document,
"Traveling with Minerals",
finished by the Denver show.

Lueth reminded members that the grant program exists, and that
proposals must be submitted by the 1 August deadline.No proposals have been submitted to date.

Jim Hurlbut reported on M&M6 meeting to be held at the Colorado School of Mines in Sept. 2008,
just prior to the Denver
mineral show.The M&M6 web page is up and
running, and the first circular is supposed to be out by the end of February.

George Harlow & Jeff Post said they were going to produce a
letter to the Mineralogical Record
regarding the sale of the mineral collection from the ANSP (Philadelphia Academy), in
response to an article by Wendell Wilson.Harlow
asked that anyone having first-hand knowledge of the situation at ANSP or the
aftermath of the sale to please contact him.

The Weinman Mineral Museum is undergoing expansion and
will become TELLUS: the Northwest Georgia Science Museum.The Weinman will close this summer and reopen in 2008, with about 7,600
square feet of mineral displays.

Richard Herd asked for members'
help
in writing a justification for keeping collections.He also suggested that SMMP set up protocols for the identification of
specimens brought into museum by the public.

Charles Langmuir (Harvard) said that justification for
mineral museums must involve making the collections more accessible, by creating
databases on the web, and within the museum/university community.He encouraged the formation of a common web platform for all mineral
collections.

Mary Johnson
made a strong statement regarding the importance of collections.